HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A firearms industry trade and lobbying organization secretly built a database containing the personal information of millions of gun owners and used the data to reach gun rights supporters with political ads dating back to the 2000 elections, according to a new lawsuit. The suit against the National Shooting Sports Foundation, [...]
President Donald Trump says he will slap a 100 percent tax on movies made outside the United States, a directive aimed at protecting a business that America already dominates. Claiming that movie production “has been stolen’’ from Hollywood and the United States, Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that “I will be imposing a [...]
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump’s transportation department has been pulling back grants already announced for recreational trails and bicycle lanes, telling local officials their projects fail to promote road capacity or are “hostile to motor vehicles.” The department recently sent letters to local governments in at least six states — Alabama, California, Connecticut, Illinois, [...]
The Census Bureau plans to use postal workers as census takers in at least two locations during field tests next year for the 2030 census, which will determine political power and federal funding. The statistical agency said in a notice to be published this week that it will test and assess the feasibility of using [...]
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The United States will grant $675,000 for crucial demining programs in Cambodia, the U.S. Embassy said, after a freeze on foreign assistance raised doubts about the future support for mine clearance in the Southeast Asian nation. An estimated 4 million to 6 million land mines and other unexploded munitions littered [...]
Federal health officials are warning consumers not to eat certain heat-and-eat pasta meals sold at Walmart and Trader Joe’s because they may be contaminated with listeria bacteria, while about 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled because pieces of wood may be embedded in the batter. The U.S. Agriculture [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a deal that would allow the federal government to take a small equity stake in a Canadian company that is developing one of the world’s largest lithium mines in northern Nevada, a government official said. The Department of Energy and Lithium Americas, developer of the [...]
Electronic Arts, maker of video games such as “Madden NFL,” “Battlefield” and “The Sims,” is being acquired for $55 billion, the biggest leveraged buyout attempt in history. Under the terms of the deal announced earlier this week, the private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund PIF and Affinity Partners will pay EA’s [...]
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial-intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are becoming interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI. Billions of dollars from such firms are now flowing toward electric utilities in [...]